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DRAMA

Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance, typically performed as plays by playwrights. It focuses on dialogue and character interaction to convey narratives, themes, and emotions, structured in acts and scenes. Various types of drama exist, including comedy, tragedy, and melodrama, each with distinct characteristics and purposes.

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DRAMA

Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance, typically performed as plays by playwrights. It focuses on dialogue and character interaction to convey narratives, themes, and emotions, structured in acts and scenes. Various types of drama exist, including comedy, tragedy, and melodrama, each with distinct characteristics and purposes.

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DRAMA

Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance. In literature, a drama is
the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose
or poetry). Dramas can be performed on stage, on film, or radio. Dramas are typically called plays, and
their creators are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists.”

Performed since the days of Aristotle (c. 335 BCE), the term “drama” comes from the Greek words
δρᾶμα (an act, a play) and δράω (to act, to take action). The two iconic masks of drama—laughing and
crying faces—symbolize two ancient Greek Muses: Thalia, the Muse of comedy, and Melpomene, the
Muse of tragedy.

It is remarkable to note that in literature, drama differs from other forms of storytelling in its focus on
dialogue and the interaction between characters to convey the narrative, themes, and emotions. The
structure of a dramatic work typically includes acts and scenes, which guide the progression of the
storyline and offer distinct moments of tension, climax, and resolution. Through dialogue and actions,
characters reveal their motivations, conflicts, and growth, making drama a dynamic medium for
exploring the human experience.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
1. Literary
2. Technical
3. Performance

 LITERARY ELEMENT
A. ARISTOTLE’S SIX ELEMENTS

1. PLOT

-exposition -falling action/ denouement


-rising action -Resolution/conclusion
-climax

2. THEME- meaning of the play


Conflict: M vs M, M vs HS, M vs S, M vs SN, M vs N, M vs G

3. CHARACTERS
-Protagonist -Round
-Antagonist -Dynamic
-Flat -Static

4. DIALOGUE
-exchange between two characters
-soliloquy
-aside (alone to the audience)
5. MUSIC/ RHYTHM
-voice

6. SPECTACLE
-sets
-costumes
-special effects

B. MODERN DRAMA
1. CHARACTERS
2. PLOT
3. THEME
4. DIALOGUE
5. CONVENTION (technique and methods)
6. GENRE (type of play)
7. AUDIENCE

 TECHINCAL ELEMENT

1. SCENERY (set)- equipment, curtains, backdrops


2. COSTUMES- clothing and accessories
3. PROPERTIES- any movable object
4. LIGHTS-
5. SOUND-
6. MAKE UP- wigs, body paint

 PERFORMANCE ELEMENT
1. ACTING- face, body
2. CHARACTER MOTIVATION- reasons of character’s behavior
3. CHARACTER ANALYSIS- application technical elements
4. EMPATHY- relate to the feelings

Types of Drama
Comedy: Plays or dramas that are meant to create laughter among the readers or the audiences.

Comedy of Manners: Plays or dramas that are meant to make fun of the manners and ways of a social
group to make fun of them for correction.
Commedia Dell’artea: Italian plays that are meant to create characters to place them in improvised
situations. It was also called a comedy of profession. Most of the characters presented in such plays
were masters, lovers, and servants.

Costume Drama: These plays or dramas are meant to present dresses of the time.

Farce: These plays or dramas present buffoons, horseplay for crude characterization.

Grand Guignol: These plays or dramas are meant to show brutality, horror, and violence during the 19th
century.

Jacobean Drama: These plays and dramas were written during the period of James I.

Kabuki: These plays and dramas are of Japanese style comprising dance, stylized performance, and
glamorous costumes.

Kathakali: These short plays with the music of Indian origin are known for colorful costumes and face
masks.

Melodrama: These dramas and plays are known for exaggeration of characters, events, and situations
for sensationalism.

Morality Plays: These dramas and plays were meant to highlight moral qualities during the 15th and
16th centuries of Europe.

Mastery Play: These dramas were written during the Middle Ages to depict the life of Christ.

Shadow Play: These dramas and plays used to present shadows instead of characters on the stage.

Situation Comedy or Sitcom: These plays or dramas present various characters in their daily activities.

Soap Operate: These plays or dramas present a domestic thematic strand full of sentimentalism.

Sketch: These short dramas and plays are meant to create comic situations through short sketches.

Street Theater: These dramas and plays are meant to entertain the public in the streets through
readymade scenes and themes.

Absurd Play: These plays and dramas are meant to present the irrationality of life through changing
dramatic structures and conventions.

Theatre of Cruelty: These dramas and plays are meant to change present sufferings and pains through
characters, themes, and structures.

Tragedy: This is the oldest form of drama that means to present tragic emotions on the stage.

Tragicomedy: This type of drama presents tragedy and comedy together to make the people feel
relieved after watching tragic events.

Romantic Comedy: A form of comedy, these dramas, and plays are meant to present light-hearted
moments of life.

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